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Strategic Planning, Management, and Coordination

• Support the design and implementation of RMNCAH and CEmONC-focused strategies, including SOPs, clinical protocols, referral tools, infrastructure improvements, and governance mechanisms.
• Participate in regional and district planning, budgeting, and performance review meetings, ensuring CEmONC, MPDSR response actions, and LMNS priorities are integrated into workplans.
• Work closely with the Director of RMNCAH Programs to coordinate implementation plans, sequencing of interventions, and stakeholder engagement.
• Serve as a technical liaison between BAMA Foundation and RMNCAH stakeholders in the Greater Masaka region, including Masaka Regional Referral Hospital and CEmONC facilities.
• Coordinate with administrative and operations teams to ensure logistical readiness for emergency care, supervision, and referral system strengthening activities.

Technical Assistance to enhance CEmONC functionality

• Work closely with Masaka Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) as the regional hub to operationalize a hub-and-spoke capacity building and referral model linking Health Center IVs, general hospitals, and community referral points.
• Support functional CEmONC readiness at designated facilities by strengthening:
• Availability and functionality of theatre services, blood, oxygen, and essential equipment
• 24/7 staffing models and duty rosters for obstetric, anaesthesia, theatre, and newborn care teams
• Clinical adherence to national CEmONC guidelines and protocols
• Improve the functionality of Newborn Intensive Care Units and Newborn Special Care Units as per MOH guidance.
• Support facilities to improve clinical management of obstetric and neonatal emergencies, including:
• Caesarean section readiness and peri-operative safety
• Management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)
• Management of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (PET)
• Neonatal resuscitation and stabilization prior to referral
• Provide targeted mentorship, coaching, and supportive supervision to maternity, theatre, and newborn care teams at both hub and spoke facilities.
• Support inter-facility clinical consultations, feedback loops, and case reviews between referring facilities and MRRH to improve continuity and quality of care.
• Strengthen clinical governance mechanisms, including emergency drills, referral readiness assessments, duty rosters, and clinical audits.

MPDSR Strengthening with Emphasis on Response (R)

• Strengthen implementation of MPDSR with a deliberate focus on the Response (R) component at facility, district, and regional levels.
• Support facilities and districts to:
• Conduct timely, high-quality maternal and perinatal death reviews
• Develop clear, costed, and time-bound MPDSR action plans
• Assign and track accountability for implementation of MPDSR recommendations
• Work with Masaka Regional Referral Hospital and referring facilities to ensure MPDSR findings—particularly those related to referral delays, CEmONC readiness, and inter-facility coordination—are translated into concrete response actions within the hub-and-spoke network.
• Track implementation of MPDSR actions and support corrective measures related to:
• Delays in decision-making, transport, and care provision
• Clinical practice gaps and system failures
• Referral breakdowns and communication failures
• Integrate MPDSR findings into Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) processes and district performance review platforms.

Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) Strengthening

• Strengthen the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) by anchoring it around Masaka Regional Referral Hospital as the CEmONC hub, ensuring effective coordination across the hub-and-spoke network.
• Support standardized referral pathways, communication protocols, and escalation mechanisms between community, lower-level facilities, and CEmONC centers.
• Strengthen ambulance dispatch, emergency transport coordination, and referral feedback mechanisms in collaboration with MRRH and district health teams.
• Support joint planning, case review, and performance review meetings involving MRRH and spoke facilities to address referral bottlenecks and improve emergency response times.
• Work with district and facility teams to improve emergency preparedness, surge capacity, and coordination during obstetric and neonatal emergencies.

Service Delivery and Quality Improvement

• Apply Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approaches to identify bottlenecks in RMNCAH and CEmONC service delivery and support scale-up of high-impact practices.
• Promote rational use, accountability, and reporting of RMNCAH and emergency care commodities in line with Ministry of Health guidelines.
• Support integration of RMNCAH services with cross-cutting priorities, including gender, nutrition, WASH, infection prevention and control (IPC), and healthcare waste management.

Health Systems Strengthening

• Collaborate with supply chain, health workforce, and leadership teams at the regional and district, and facility levels to strengthen systems supporting CEmONC and RMNCAH delivery, including:
• Commodity and blood availability
• Equipment functionality and maintenance
• Human resource deployment and skills mix
• Facility and district governance structures
• Collaborate with MRRH leadership and district health teams to strengthen regional clinical governance, referral accountability, and system learning across the CEmONC network.
• Build the capacity of health managers to routinely use service delivery and outcome data for targeted technical support and performance improvement.
• Support data-driven micro-planning to reduce inequities in access to emergency obstetric and newborn care.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

• Work with the MEL team to strengthen HMIS reporting, data quality, and routine data use for RMNCAH, CEmONC, MPDSR, and referral indicators.
• Contribute technical inputs to reports, dashboards, and learning products.
• Support documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and best practices related to CEmONC functionality, MPDSR response, and LMNS strengthening.

Partnerships, Community Engagement, and Accountability

• Strengthen partnerships with district health teams, Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, community-based organizations, and other partners to support coordinated RMNCAH and emergency care interventions.
• Promote community engagement, social accountability, and demand for timely, quality maternity and newborn services, including emergency care.

Safeguarding

• Uphold BAMA Foundation’s safeguarding policies and reporting procedures, ensuring a safe, respectful, and inclusive work environment.